diff --git a/src/env_properties.h b/src/env_properties.h
index 095094714aa400..54891b600df0d6 100644
--- a/src/env_properties.h
+++ b/src/env_properties.h
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@
   V(channel_string, "channel")                                                 \
   V(chunks_sent_since_last_write_string, "chunksSentSinceLastWrite")           \
   V(clone_unsupported_type_str, "Cannot transfer object of unsupported type.") \
+  V(clone_transfer_needed_str,                                                 \
+    "Object that needs transfer was found in message but not listed in "       \
+    "transferList")                                                            \
+  V(clone_untransferable_str, "Found invalid object in transferList.")         \
   V(code_string, "code")                                                       \
   V(commonjs_string, "commonjs")                                               \
   V(config_string, "config")                                                   \
diff --git a/src/node_errors.h b/src/node_errors.h
index ddb87df20ef4af..fe41963d303b32 100644
--- a/src/node_errors.h
+++ b/src/node_errors.h
@@ -72,11 +72,9 @@ void AppendExceptionLine(Environment* env,
   V(ERR_INVALID_MODULE, Error)                                                 \
   V(ERR_INVALID_STATE, Error)                                                  \
   V(ERR_INVALID_THIS, TypeError)                                               \
-  V(ERR_INVALID_TRANSFER_OBJECT, TypeError)                                    \
   V(ERR_MEMORY_ALLOCATION_FAILED, Error)                                       \
   V(ERR_MESSAGE_TARGET_CONTEXT_UNAVAILABLE, Error)                             \
   V(ERR_MISSING_ARGS, TypeError)                                               \
-  V(ERR_MISSING_TRANSFERABLE_IN_TRANSFER_LIST, TypeError)                      \
   V(ERR_MISSING_PASSPHRASE, TypeError)                                         \
   V(ERR_MISSING_PLATFORM_FOR_WORKER, Error)                                    \
   V(ERR_NON_CONTEXT_AWARE_DISABLED, Error)                                     \
@@ -162,15 +160,11 @@ ERRORS_WITH_CODE(V)
   V(ERR_INVALID_MODULE, "No such module")                                      \
   V(ERR_INVALID_STATE, "Invalid state")                                        \
   V(ERR_INVALID_THIS, "Value of \"this\" is the wrong type")                   \
-  V(ERR_INVALID_TRANSFER_OBJECT, "Found invalid object in transferList")       \
   V(ERR_MEMORY_ALLOCATION_FAILED, "Failed to allocate memory")                 \
   V(ERR_OSSL_EVP_INVALID_DIGEST, "Invalid digest used")                        \
   V(ERR_MESSAGE_TARGET_CONTEXT_UNAVAILABLE,                                    \
     "A message object could not be deserialized successfully in the target "   \
     "vm.Context")                                                              \
-  V(ERR_MISSING_TRANSFERABLE_IN_TRANSFER_LIST,                                 \
-    "Object that needs transfer was found in message but not listed "          \
-    "in transferList")                                                         \
   V(ERR_MISSING_PLATFORM_FOR_WORKER,                                           \
     "The V8 platform used by this instance of Node does not support "          \
     "creating Workers")                                                        \
diff --git a/src/node_messaging.cc b/src/node_messaging.cc
index 2d126d98441bad..0fe702e2a3c801 100644
--- a/src/node_messaging.cc
+++ b/src/node_messaging.cc
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ class SerializerDelegate : public ValueSerializer::Delegate {
     }
 
     if (mode == BaseObject::TransferMode::kTransferable) {
-      THROW_ERR_MISSING_TRANSFERABLE_IN_TRANSFER_LIST(env_);
+      ThrowDataCloneError(env_->clone_transfer_needed_str());
       return Nothing<bool>();
     }
 
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ Maybe<bool> Message::Serialize(Environment* env,
       }
     }
 
-    THROW_ERR_INVALID_TRANSFER_OBJECT(env);
+    ThrowDataCloneException(context, env->clone_untransferable_str());
     return Nothing<bool>();
   }
   if (delegate.AddNestedHostObjects().IsNothing())
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-whatwg-webstreams-transfer.js b/test/parallel/test-whatwg-webstreams-transfer.js
index 6abc2fe2a87f91..336beb7c8e90b1 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-whatwg-webstreams-transfer.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-whatwg-webstreams-transfer.js
@@ -105,7 +105,9 @@ const theData = 'hello';
   });
 
   assert.throws(() => port2.postMessage(readable), {
-    code: 'ERR_MISSING_TRANSFERABLE_IN_TRANSFER_LIST',
+    constructor: DOMException,
+    name: 'DataCloneError',
+    code: 25,
   });
 
   port2.postMessage(readable, [readable]);
@@ -155,7 +157,9 @@ const theData = 'hello';
   });
 
   assert.throws(() => port2.postMessage(readable), {
-    code: 'ERR_MISSING_TRANSFERABLE_IN_TRANSFER_LIST',
+    constructor: DOMException,
+    name: 'DataCloneError',
+    code: 25,
   });
 
   port2.postMessage(readable, [readable]);
@@ -206,7 +210,9 @@ const theData = 'hello';
   });
 
   assert.throws(() => port2.postMessage(writable), {
-    code: 'ERR_MISSING_TRANSFERABLE_IN_TRANSFER_LIST',
+    constructor: DOMException,
+    name: 'DataCloneError',
+    code: 25,
   });
 
   port2.postMessage(writable, [writable]);
@@ -292,7 +298,9 @@ const theData = 'hello';
   });
 
   assert.throws(() => port2.postMessage(transform), {
-    code: 'ERR_MISSING_TRANSFERABLE_IN_TRANSFER_LIST',
+    constructor: DOMException,
+    name: 'DataCloneError',
+    code: 25,
   });
 
   port2.postMessage(transform, [transform]);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-worker-message-port-transfer-filehandle.js b/test/parallel/test-worker-message-port-transfer-filehandle.js
index 9fabf01b604fc4..8e3082240cd2c7 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-worker-message-port-transfer-filehandle.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-worker-message-port-transfer-filehandle.js
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ const { once } = require('events');
   assert.throws(() => {
     port1.postMessage(fh);
   }, {
-    code: 'ERR_MISSING_TRANSFERABLE_IN_TRANSFER_LIST'
+    constructor: DOMException,
+    name: 'DataCloneError',
+    code: 25,
   });
 
   // Check that transferring FileHandle instances works.
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-worker-workerdata-messageport.js b/test/parallel/test-worker-workerdata-messageport.js
index 18f05731e8f635..3e4770d9a12c34 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-worker-workerdata-messageport.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-worker-workerdata-messageport.js
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ const meowScript = () => 'meow';
     workerData,
     transferList: []
   }), {
-    code: 'ERR_MISSING_TRANSFERABLE_IN_TRANSFER_LIST',
+    constructor: DOMException,
+    name: 'DataCloneError',
+    code: 25,
     message: 'Object that needs transfer was found in message but not ' +
              'listed in transferList'
   });